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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. The expected total cost of a schedule activity - a work breakdown structure component or the project when the defined scope of work will be completed. Calculated based on performance to date or estimated by the project team based on other factors






2. Collection of schedule activity dependencies that makes up a project schedule network diagram






3. Form of progressive elaboration planning where the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail at a low level of the work breakdown structure - while the work far in the future is planned at a relatively high level of the work break






4. Schematic display of the logical relationships among the project schedule activities. drawn from left to right.






5. Type of procurement document whereby the buyer requests a potential seller to provide various pieces of information related to a product or service or seller capability






6. The process of confirming human resource availability and obtaining team necessary to complete project assignments






7. Auditing the quality requirements and the results from quality control measurements to ensure appropriate quality standards and operational definitions are used






8. Aggregation of the processes - tools - techniques - methodologies - resources and procedures to manage a project






9. A component of work performed during the course of a project






10. Processes that organize and manage the project team






11. Analysis. a statistical technique that calculates the average outcome when the future includes scenarios that may or may not happen. used in decision tree analysis.






12. Person or group that provides financial resources in cash or in kind for the project






13. Depiction in a diagram format of the inputs - process actions - and outputs of one or more processes within a system






14. Describes each component in the work breakdown structure (WBS). for each WBS component - the WBS dictionary includes a brief definition of the scope of statement of work - defined deliverables - a list of associated activities and list of milestones.






15. Developing a detailed description of the project and product






16. A planning technique that subdivides the project scope and project deliverables into smaller - more manageable components - until the project work associated with accomplishing the project scope and providing the deliverables is defined in sufficient






17. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance






18. The smallest unit of time used in scheduling a project. calendar units are generally in hours - days - or weeks - but can also be in quarters years - months - shifts - or even minutes






19. Total amount of time that a schedule activity maybe delayed from its early start date without delaying the project finish date or violating a schedule constraint.






20. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach






21. Document that establishes criteria and activities for developing and controlling the project schedule






22. Collection of projects or programs and other work that are grouped together to facilitate effective management of that work to meet strategic business objectives






23. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed






24. Analytical procedure in which each potential failure mode in every component of a product is analyzed to determine its effect on the reliability of that component and - by itself or in combination with other possible failure modes - on the reliabilit






25. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met






26. Calendar of working days or shifts that establishes those dates on which schedule activities are worked and nonworking days that determine those dates on which schedule activities are idle






27. A product - result or service generated by a process






28. Approved specific version of the detailed scope statement - work breakdown structure (WBS) and its associated WBS dictionary






29. Planned dates for performing schedule activities and planned dates for meeting schedule milestones






30. The approved estimate for the project or any work breakdown structure component or any schedule activity






31. Document used to record and describe or denote selected items identified during execution of a process or activity






32. Significant point or event in the project






33. The process of defining and documenting stakeholder needs to meet project objectives






34. Quantitative risk analysis and modeling technique used to determine which risks have the most potential impact on the project. typical display of results is in the form of a tornado diagram






35. The aggregate of things used by an organization in any undertaking such as equipment - apparatus - tools - machinery - gear - material.






36. Risk that arises as a direct result of implementing a risk response






37. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship






38. Shortening the project schedule duration without reducing the project scope






39. Multiple attributes associated with each schedule activity that can be included within the activity list. activity attributes include activity codes - predecessor activities - successor activities - logical relationships - leads and lags - resource r






40. Performing the work defined in the project management plan to achieve the project's objectives






41. An artifact that is produced - is quantifiable and can be either an end item in itself or a component item






42. Making relevant information available to project stakeholders






43. An organizational placement strategy where the project team members are physically located close to one another in order to improve communication - working relationships and productivity






44. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status






45. Requests to expand or reduce the project scope - modify policies - processes - plans or procedures - modify costs or budgets - or revise schedules






46. A short unique numeric or text identification assigned to each schedule activity to differentiate that project activity from other project activities. typically unique within any one project schedule network diagram






47. Document containing the results of the qualitative risk analysis - quantitative risk analysis and risk response planning. details all identified risks including description - category - cause - probability of occurring - impact on objectives - propos






48. Evaluation of whether or not a product - service - or system complies with a regulation - requirement - specification or imposed condition.






49. Structure that relates the project organizational breakdown structure to the work breakdown structure to help ensure that each component of the project scope of work is assigned to a person or team






50. Partially complete document in a predefined format that provides a defined structure for collecting - organizing and presenting information and data